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1 Prohibition

2 http://www.cbc.ca/landandsea/2012/08/rum-runners.html

3 Key Terms Prohibition: refers to the banning of making, selling, and distribution of alcohol Speakeasy: an illegal bar, private clubs that serve alcohol Bootlegging / Rum-Running: illegal sellers of alcohol

4 Prohibition Implemented in Canada 1918-1920 (PEI 1948) Implemented in USA 1920-1933 Seen as an experiment to make society better “ The Noble Experiment” Women’s Christian Temperance Union- WCTU

5 Temperance Movement A temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

6 Criminalization Legal in Canada before it was legal in the US Canada sold a lot of alcohol to the US (Windsor/Detroit corridor “Black Market” for booze Rise of Organized Crime

7 Prohibition had some positive social effects: -Crime rate dropped -arrests for drunkenness decreased dramatically -Workers took their pay cheques home instead of to a tavern -Industrial efficiency improved

8 Flappers (In the 1920s) a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. Flappers were seen as a brash (rude/cocky) for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting social and sexual norms.

9 Woman During WW1 Flapper 1920

10 Culture in the 1920’s Group of 7 Fads Jazz Movies Sports Fashion American Influences

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